Local Chamber president predicts that if asbestos-suit influx continues, "Delaware incorporation will soon come to be viewed as a liability and not an asset." [(Chamber-backed) Madison St. Clair Record]

Extraterritoriality in one city: Bloomberg claims victory as final settlement wraps up NYC's legal campaign to bully and arm-twist out-of-state gun dealers [NYLJ]

Yet more costs of extraterritoriality: to further San Francisco suit against Chevron over claimed human rights breaches in Nigeria, plaintiffs want visas granted to Nigerian witnesses whom State Department deems an overstay risk [NLJ; more background on extraterritoriality and Alien Tort Statute here]